Combined pen and pencil holder



(No Model.)

0'. L. CHENEY.

GOMBINED PEN AND PENCIL HOLDER. No. 368,934. Patented Aug. 30, 1887..

p3 MGM UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

OWEN L. CHENEY, OF BLO ONQNGTON, ILLINOIS.

COMBINED PEN AND PENCIL HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 368,934, dated August30, 1887. Application filed September 22, i886. Serial No. 214,243. (Nomodel.)

pencil holders; and it consists, principally, in

a detachable stem capable of being wrapped or rolled upon itself so asto occupy a small space, and yet sufficiently stiff, when attached tothe pen, to serve as a handle therefor.

It consists, further, in the construction and novel arrangement ofcertain parts, 11ereinafter described, illustrated in the drawings, andpointed out in the claims hereto appended.

In the accompanying drawings, Figurel represents a perspective view ofthe holder and the pencil detached. Fig. 2 represents a centrallongitudinal section of the device. Fig..

3 is a view of the device rolled or wrapped upon itself.

Like letters indicate like parts in the several views.

0 is the pen and pencil device, constructed as follows:

D is a cylindrical block, made of the indiarubber material called ink-eraser. The said block has one end, d, oonvexed or rounded and providedwith a deep narrow recess, d, so curved in crosssection as to receiveand hold the outer end or heel'of apen, a, as shown in Fig. 2. The outerend of the block D is provided with the circumferential rabbet d E is atapering tubular stem open at its inner and larger end, which is ofsuitable size to be slipped upon the rabbet d and clasped and heldthereon. The stem E is of flexible or unvulcanized rubber or equivalentmaterial, so that it can be rolled up or wrapped upon itself, and yetits tubular and tapering form renders it sufficiently stiff to give theusual hand-support to the pen or pencil when Writing.

F is a coupling-tube, one end of which slips and holds upon the end d ofthe block D, and

the other upon the end of an ordinary lead pencil, H. The parts beingall made of proper size permit the same. The said pencils are preferablycut in shortpieces, and when the device connected by a sleeve orcoupling-tube is not in use the piece of pencil can be reversed in thetube F, so that its pointed end will be inside of the same and cannoteasily be broken, and the piece itself will serve as a stopper toprotect the pen in the coupling-tube F.

The recess d in the block D is made very deep, so that a nice adjustmentof the pen may be effected, and at thesame time be adapted toreceivepens having heels of various lengths.

IVhen it is desired to write with ink, the sleeve F and the pencil Htherein are removed from the pen-holding piece and the pen-point therebyexposed. To write with pencil the parts are connected as shown in Fig.2. When it is desired to erase either ink or pencil marks, thecoupling-tube is removed from the block D and the pen drawn out of therecess (1. The end of the ink-eraser D can then be used.

The stem E, when the device is not in use, is wrapped orrolled upon theblock D, the coupling-tube F and attached pencil being detached. Thestem, when wound on the block D, has a rubber band put over it, as shownin Fig. 3, to keep it in place.

I contemplate the use of a suitable box in connection with my device,whereby when the parts are rolled and secured, asin Fig. 3, they may bestowed away in said box and conveniently carried in ones pocket, readyfor use.

Having thus described my invention, what Iclaim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination of a block for holding a pen, and a flexible handlesecured to said block, the normal position of said handle being in aline with the longitudinal plane of said block, said handle beingadapted to be wrapped around said block, whereby the partsmay be carriedin a compact form.

2. The combination, with a handle of a pen, of a block for holding a pensecured to said handle, said block being composed of ink-erasingmaterial and provided with a recess for the reception of a pen,substantially as specified.

3. A pen-holder provided in its outer end with a longitudinalrearwardly-extending re cess for the reception of apen, in combinationwith a sleeve open at both ends, said sleevebeing adapted to receive thelower end of the pen-holder in one end and receive and engage a pencilin its outer end, substantially as specified.

4. The combination, in a pen and (pencil holder,withacylindricalpen-holding block recessed in one end for the reception of a pen, andcircumferentially rabbeted on its other or inner end, of a recessed ortubular handle adapted to engage said rabbeted end, and a cylindricalsleeve adapted to engage one end of the pen-holding block, substantiallyas described, and for the purposes set forth.

hand-support in writing, and a pencil-holding 2o tube detachablyconnected to the pen-holding block, substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

OWEN L. CHENEY.

Witnesses:

JOHN T. SUrnR, Jr., THEODORE S. Wns'r.

